WEBVTT SPRINGER TALKED TO ONE PANHANDLER ABOUT THE PROGRAM. ON MOST DAYS, YOU'LL FIND RON REPORTER: DELL HERE. >> SOMETIMES IT'S FRUSTRATING. REPORTER: STANDING OUT ON THE CORNER BY I-25 AND MONTGOMERY WITH SIGN IN HAND. >> IT'S PRETTY HARD. REPORTER: WORKING TO SCROUNGE UP A FEW DOLLARS FROM DRIVERS, IT'S BEEN PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY JOB DELL HAS HAD THE LAST 20 YEARS. THE MARINE VETERAN SAYS HE'S STRUGGLED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND STRUGGLED TO KEEP A STEADY JOB. >> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T MAKE NO MONEY. REPORTER: DELL SAYS HE MAKES ABOUT $20 A DAY. >> THAT'S WHY I'LL COME OUT HERE AND PAN HANDLE. REPORTER: BARELY ENOUGH TO GET BY. >> I HAVE TO HAVE MONEY TO SURVIVE. REPORTER: THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE JUST LIKE DELL WITH ITS BETTER WAY PROGRAM. THE CITY PARTNERED WITH ST MARTINS LAST SEPTEMBER OFFERIN JOBS TO HOMELESS THEY SPOT PANHANDLING. JOBS THAT PAY $9 AN HOUR FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS OF WORK. >> FOR THE JOB, THE CITY HAS THEM GOING OUT TO MEDIANS LIKE THIS ONE HERE PICKING UP TRASH AND WEEDS. A PROGRAM THAT'S EXPANDIN THE CITY IS COMMITTING AN ADDITIONAL $$181,000 TO IT MEANING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LIKE DELL. OPPORTUNITIES HE'S NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE TODAY. BUT TELLS US, HE THINKS HE WILL BENEFIT HIM. >> HOPEFULLY I CAN GET SOME HELP. REPORTER: AND TURN DELL'S